Slaughter v. Andrews

BOND, Justice.

Warren P. Andrews and Hale Davis instituted this suit in a district court of Dallas county against E. Dick Slaughter, to collect a real estate commission for closing a 99-year lease from Slaughter to Nei-man-Marcus Company. On the findings of the jury that the appellees were the procuring cause, judgment was rendered against appellant for the sum of $18,893.07.

We think the case turns upon whether the appellees had a contract with the.appellant as will support a recovery for commissions to lease the property to Neiman-Marcus Company, and, if so, whether the evidence is sufficient…